Beyond a Basic Google Search

• Math from the search bar
  • Try this
  • And this - what's wrong with it?
  • Search for "234010750 in English"
• Search specific sites
  • example: site:snopes.com tide(Note - no space after the colon)
  • Will search all snopes.com forall mentions of Tide

• Search specific domains

  • example: site:.ir iran elections 2009
    • Will search sites with the .ir extention (From Iran) for the words Iran, election, and 2009
    • Find the Domain names here at the Internet Country Domains List or here on Wikipedia.

• Search specific filetypes

  • example: filetype:pdf "Google Earth Tutorial"
    • Will return only links to pdf files about Google Earth Tutorial
  • example: filetype:kml "real-time earthquakes"
    • Will return only links to Google Earth files about real-time earthquakes

• Search for words in Page Title (allintitle:, intitle:)

  • example: allintitle: "Google Earth Tutorial"
    • Will return only links to pages where those words appear in the TITLES of the pages
    • intitle: is used with one word, while allintitle is used for more than one word
    • combine filters: site:scoop.it intitle:ipads will find all sites on scoop.it that have the word ipads in the title
    • Can you find all livebinders with the word ipads in the title?

• Search for words in the URL

  • example: inurl:googleearth
    • Will return only links to pages where your search words appear in the URL of the page

• Search for Creative Commons Images

  • In Advanced Search
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• Math from the search bar
  • Try this
  • And this - what's wrong with it?
  • Search for "234010750 in English"

Image searching

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• The Color filter even lets you search for images with transparent backgrounds
• The Type filter lets you find drawing, clip art - even ANIMATED gifs!
• Usage Rights links to Creative Commons images
  • NOTE; You STILL need to provide attribution when publishing them
• More Tools - Show sizes (Why do I really like this setting?)

• Search by Image

  • Use any image to BEGIN a search - learn more here
  • Try it with this image- tressel.jpg. Right click and save the image. Then, drag and drop it into the Google Image Search field.
  • Someone posts this picture and says it's from a dried up sea. True or false?

• Fun Stuff

  • Search for 'askew' (no apostrophes)
  • Set timer (or set timer for 1 minute)
  • Set stopwatch
  • Search: do a barrel roll
  • Search for any term, then click Image. Type: atari breakout :-) Turn the sound off! (Wont work on ipad)
  • Try this site (Elgoog.im) - probably don't want to show this to your students
  • There are MANY more!

• Display translated Foreign pages

  • In Advanced Search Options

• Trends

  • Google.com/trends
  • Compare Obama, Romney in last 12 months, US only
  • Examine states what does that tell you about the states?

• Help

  • GoogleGuide Advanced search operators - explore this page
  • Search results options - EXCELLENT Help page

Wolfram Alpha - GREAT for Math and Science

• Examples of Wolfram Alpha results
• Resources - toolbars and more
• Demonstrations project - lots of fun demonstrations
• Goofram - shows both Google AND WolframAlpha results on the page

Best Image Search Engines

• Best image search engines

Google Scholar

• Google Scholar - focuses on researched articles, etc

Google Street Views

• Start here (maps.google.com)
• How about finding Diagon Alley. What is standing in the doorway at the Weasley Magic Shoppe?
• Walk into the Grand Canyon
• Or this Palace or Versailles
• Or this site for 360º views of places on earth and beyond

DuckDuckGo

• duckduckgo - doesn't track you or target ads to you. Fast, too.
• Try entering: !amazon shoes, or !wikipedia Tesla, or !flickr hummingbird

Bing Advanced Search Syntax (no Adv search page)

• Search tips you should know

ZoomInto: Pictures, Images and Photos